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Paper and Timber Products

Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will ensure that paper and timber products purchased by his Department are independently certified by the Forest Stewardship Council as coming from a sustainable source. [110217]

Mr. Paul Murphy: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Ms Hughes) on 14 February 2000, Official Report, column 357W. It is not practicable to require that all paper and timber products purchased by my Department are independently certified by the Forest Stewardship Council because this might discriminate against any equally valid schemes and therefore be against public procurement rules.

Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he has taken to ensure that paper and timber products purchased by his Department come from a sustainable source. [110216]

Mr. Paul Murphy: All potential suppliers are issued with "Selling to the Welsh Office--A Green Guide for Suppliers of Goods and Services to the Welsh Office". Following devolution, this guide now applies to my Department, the Wales Office.

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The guide sets out what is expected from contractors who supply paper and timber products, among other things, and ensures that we operate a purchasing policy which gives full weight to environmental considerations in the procurement of all goods and services.

The guide specifies that timber products should be supplied only from wood produced from sustainably managed forests. The current paper contract provides paper that is at least 80 per cent. post consumer waste, produced using Environmentally Chlorine Free pulp from sustainable forests.

Peat Compost

Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to phase out the use of peat compost in gardens (a) owned and (b) tended by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [110716]

Mr. Paul Murphy: My Department does not own or tend any gardens.

However, my Department has a Green Guide for suppliers of goods and services, to operate a purchasing policy which gives full weight to environmental considerations in the procurement of all goods and services. The horticultural policy is to use alternatives to peat such as bark chippings, coir, composts, green manuring, leaf mould, manures and seaweed based products.

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

World Cup 2006

Mr. Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) when he expects to receive the full accounts of the FA (FIFA) World Cup 2006 bid for (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1998-99 from the FA; and if he will make a statement; [104167]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 10 January 2000]: The bid to host the World Cup in 2006 is a bid by the Football Association, with the full backing of the Government and Sport England, who have allocated £3 million of Lottery funding for the bid. It is not a Lottery condition to require published accounts. However, Sport England monitors how the Lottery grant is spent.

The remainder of the estimated £9 million which the bid will cost is being provided by the FA, the FA Premier League and by commercial sponsors. Reference to the bid is made in the FA's 1998 general annual report and accounts, but any decision to publish detailed accounts for the 2006 bid is for the FA to make.

National Lottery

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish the monetary value of

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National Lottery awards made in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in each of the years since the National Lottery was established. [110508]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 17 February 2000]: The Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions classifies rural areas as those local authorities where there is no settlement greater than 35,000. The table shows the monetary value of National Lottery awards made to local authorities in Great Britain in rural and other areas (that is Small Towns, Large Towns, Free Standing Cities, Conurbations and London) in each of the years since the National Lottery was established. This information is taken from the National Lottery Awards database which uses information supplied by the Lottery distributing bodies. The totals exclude Lottery awards not attributed by the distributing bodies to a particular local authority.

£

Amount awarded to rural areasAmount awarded to non-rural areas
1995131,759,797822,929,475
1996272,702,1821,352,526,177
1997204,161,2952,116,096,616
1998164,005,6391,045,100,364
1999162,866,596703,373,321

Mr. Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the number of grants made from the National Lottery was in (a) urban areas and (b) rural areas between 1 May 1997 and 31 December 1999. [110642]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 17 February 2000]: The Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions classifies rural areas as those local authorities where there is no settlement greater than 35,000. The total number of awards to local authorities in rural areas in Great Britain between 1 May 1997 and 31 December 1999, was 11,571. The number of awards to local authorities in other areas in Great Britain, (that is Small Towns, Large Towns, Free Standing Cities, Conurbations and London) between 1 May 1997 and 31 December

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1999, was 26,198. This information is taken from the National Lottery Awards database which uses information supplied by the Lottery distributing bodies.

Mr. Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the average size of grant was from the National Lottery in (a) urban areas and (b) rural areas between 1 May 1997 and 31 December 1999. [110643]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 17 February 2000]: The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions classifies rural areas as those local authorities where there is no settlement greater than 35,000. The average size of award to local authorities in rural areas in Great Britain between 1 May 1997 and 31 December 1999, was £43,059. The average size of award to local authorities in other areas in Great Britain, (that is Small Towns, Large Towns, Free Standing Cities, Conurbations and London), between 1 May 1997 and 31 December 1999, was £115,406. This information is taken from the National Lottery Awards database which uses information supplied by the distributing bodies.

Sport (Funding)

Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the amount of (a) World Class Performance, (b) World Class Potential and (c) World Class Start funding distributed by (i) UK Sport, (ii) Sport England, (iii) Sport Scotland, (iv) the Sports Council for Wales and (v) the Northern Ireland Sports Council in (x) 1998-99 and (y) 1999-2000, and the provisional figures for 2000-01; and if he will list the sports in receipt of World Class lottery funding and how much they received from each of the above bodies. [110028]

Kate Hoey: The World Class Performance Programme is administered by Sport England and UK Sport. World Class Potential and Start Programmes are administered solely by Sport England. A number of sports have submitted applications to Sport England under the Start and Potential Programmes which have been approved or approved in principle, but to date no payments have been made. Alternative programmes for the elite level sport are in place in the Home Countries. The sums awarded to elite sport appear in the following table:

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£

1998-991999-20002000-01
UK Sport--World Class(3) Performance Programme21,839,54517,129,000(4)18,000,000
Sport England--World Class Performance Programme27,366,28517,330,962(5)--
Sport Scotland--Talented Athlete Programme1,694,338887,703(5)--
Sport Scotland--Scotland Junior Groups150,349383,151(5)--
Sports Council for Wales--Elite Cymru(6)634,781570,764(4)750,000
Sports Council for Northern Ireland--Development Of Talented Individuals Programme422,584348,306(5)--

(3) UK Sport became a Lottery distributor in its own right from 1 July 1999. Before this time the Home Country Sports Councils were jointly responsible for funding World Class Performance on the basis of recommendations and advice of the UK Sports Council.

(4) Provisional figure.

(5) Information unavailable.

(6) The figure from Elite Cymru includes funding towards hosting major events.


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The following activities have received support to date under the World Class Performance Programme which is administered by Sport England and UK Sport:


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    Modern Pentathlon


    Netball


    Orienteering


    Rowing


    Rugby Football League


    Women's Rugby


    Wheelchair Rugby


    Skiing


    Sailing


    Speed Skating


    Squash


    Swimming


    Disability Swimming


    Paraplegic Shooting


    Disability Table Tennis


    Wheelchair Tennis


    Table Tennis


    Target Shooting


    Ten Pin Bowling


    Triathlon


    Trampolining


    Water Skiing


    Weightlifting.

The information required for the latter part of the question is not held within my Department.


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